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  1. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Today's name the badge:
    [​IMG]
     
  2. SetPeace

    SetPeace Member+

    Jun 22, 2004
    SC Illinois
    Club:
    Torquay United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Interesting badge...a Madonna and Child? With a soccer ball prominently featured? I have no idea which location to associate the letters with. Wild guess....AC Valletta in Malta? Probably a swing and a miss (and a big one at that!). :p
     
  3. sportie1

    sportie1 Member+

    Sep 4, 2008
    with Mary and baby Jesus in the badge, one would think its in a Roman Catholic country- i am going to pick a team in Italy, 3rd or 4th tier
     
  4. sportie1

    sportie1 Member+

    Sep 4, 2008
    YIKES- an Atlantic wide miss
     
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  5. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging a Dutch pro club,

    They play in the Tweede Divisie which means the second division but it is actually the 3rd division (tier) of Dutch soccer.
     
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  6. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Valletta FC actually has an American playing there, the delightfully-named Shaft Brewer Jr.
     
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  7. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Happy 80th Birthday In Heaven To The Belfast Boy, George Best...

    [​IMG]
     
  8. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I’ll bet there’s an interesting story there.

    I like reading history and theology, so this is right in my wheelhouse…the reason the Netherlands and Belgium are separate isn’t language. Half of Belgium speaks Flemish, a variant/dialect of Dutch.

    No, the reason was to separate Catholics (Belgium) from Protestants (Netherlands.). So for a Dutch club to have the Madonna on its badge invites questions from nerds like me.
     
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  9. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    The Wikipedia page for the club says that the badge is derived from the coat of arms of the city of Assen which borrowed from the seal of an abbey with a nunnery established there in the 1260s. That's well before the Protestant Reformation.
     
  10. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I told yall there was an interesting story!

    (By very loose definitions of the word “interesting.” :D)
     
  11. JayRockers!

    JayRockers! Member+

    Aug 4, 2001
    New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S.
    https://apple.news/AyBqV6ixBSHaIaSg7GFm1Qg

    Not sure if it will have any effects on pro athletes, but if it does, DC United will find a way to slow-roll the summer signings.

    Thx,

    Jay!
     
  12. Stuart95

    Stuart95 Member+

    Mar 11, 2012
    NoVA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Winner, winner!
     
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